CU-Boulder Championship Presentation

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CU-Boulder Championship Presentation
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Provides a
Sequence-Specific Alternative
to Antibiotics
CU Boulder
Limitations of Current Antibacterial
Treatments: the Post-Antibiotic Era
Limitations of Current Antibacterial
Treatments: Antibiotics Lack Specificity
Commensal Bacteria
Pathogenic Bacteria
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
Limitations of Current Antibacterial
Treatments: Cannot Control Dose in
Phage Therapy
Commensal Bacteria
Pathogenic Bacteria
Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Kills through Genome
Cleavage
CRISPRCas9
Target bacteria
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Kills through Genome
Cleavage
gRNA
Cas9
CRISPRCas9
Target bacteria
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Kills through Genome
Cleavage
gRNA
Cas9
CRISPRCas9
genome
PAM
Target bacteria
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Kills through Genome
Cleavage
gRNA
Cas9
CRISPRCas9
genome
DSB
genome
Target bacteria
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage
Therapy Kills through Genome
Cleavage
gRNA
Cas9
CRISPRCas9
genome
DSB
genome
Cell death
Target bacteria
Identifying Species-Unique Target
Sequences
Kill
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Salmonella enterica
Staphylococcus aureus
Mycobacteriaceae tuberculosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile
Keep
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Escherichia coli
Actinomyces viscosus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Bacillus coagulans
Identifying Species-Unique Target
Sequences
Kill
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Salmonella enterica
Staphylococcus aureus
Mycobacteriaceae tuberculosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile
CRISPR guide RNAs
AGCCGGCCACAGUCGAUGAAUCCAGAAAAG
CGUGCUCGCUCGAUGCGAUGUUUCGCUUGG
GAUAGAAGGCGAUGCGCUGCGAAUCGGGAG
GGCGCCCCUGCGCUGACAGCCGGAACACGG
AGUCAUAGCCGAAUAGCCUCUCCACCCAAG
Keep
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Escherichia coli
Actinomyces viscosus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Bacillus coagulans
Identifying Species-Unique Target
Sequences
Kill
❏ 
❏ 
❏ 
❏ 
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Salmonella enterica
Staphylococcus aureus
Mycobacteriaceae tuberculosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile
CRISPR guide RNAs
AGCCGGCCACAGUCGAUGAAUCCAGAAAAG
CGUGCUCGCUCGAUGCGAUGUUUCGCUUGG
GAUAGAAGGCGAUGCGCUGCGAAUCGGGAG
GGCGCCCCUGCGCUGACAGCCGGAACACGG
AGUCAUAGCCGAAUAGCCUCUCCACCCAAG
Keep
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Escherichia coli
Actinomyces viscosus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Bacillus coagulans
Not found in keeps?
No
Yes
No
No
No
Identifying Species-Unique Target
Sequences
Kill
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Keep
Salmonella enterica
Staphylococcus aureus
Mycobacteriaceae tuberculosis
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Clostridium difficile
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Escherichia coli
Actinomyces viscosus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Lactobacillus acidophilus
Bacillus coagulans
Optimal gRNA
CGUGCUCGCUCGAUGCGAUGUUUCGCUUGG
Project Aims
•  Demonstrate sequence specific CRISPRCas9 killing
•  Quantify efficiency of helper phagemid
system
•  Determine if packaging signal functions on
pSB1C3 construct
•  Show that CRISPR-Cas9 harboring phage
are programmable, sequence-specific
antimicrobials
Design of a gRNA to Target kan
Resistance
Kill
❏  Escherichia coli K-12
(kan+)
Keep
❏  Escherichia coli K-12
❏  Escherichia coli
MG1655
Optimal gRNA
GAUAGAAGGCGAUGCGCUGCGAAUCGGGAG
Modification of Stanford-Brown Part to
Target Kanamycin Resistance Gene
cas9
nontargeting
pSB1C3
Part BBa_K1218011
Stanford-Brown 2013
CRISPR
change spacer
targeting
targeting
CRISPR
Can Targeted CRISPR-Cas9 Kill When
Transformed Into Cells?
targeting
E. coli
(kan+)
Selected on
Chloramphenicol
Transform
nontargeting
E. coli
(kan+)
CRISPR-Cas9 Specifically Kills Target
Cells
Non-targeting gRNA
1920 colonies
Targeting gRNA
8 colonies
Grown on Chloramphenicol
Project Aims
•  Demonstrate sequence specific CRISPRCas9 killing
•  Quantify efficiency of helper phagemid
system
•  Determine if packaging signal functions on
pSB1C3 construct
•  Show that CRISPR-Cas9 harboring phage
are programmable, sequence-specific
antimicrobials
Phage Offers an Effective Delivery
Mechanism
Capsid
Binding Proteins
Packaging
Signal
Phage
Genome
Replication
Packaging
Protein
expression
Bacterial cell
How We Manufactured a Replication
Deficient Phage
Structural
genes
LItmus28i
phagemid
Packaging
signal
Litmus28i
Phagemid
Bacterial cell
Helper
Phagemid
Disrupted
packaging signal
Helper
Phagemid
Litmus28i
Phagemid
Bacterial cell
How We Manufactured a ReplicationDeficient Phage Delivery System
Helper
Phagemid
Litmus28i
Phagemid
Replication
Protein
expression
Packaging
Replication
Bacterial cell
Does Phage Preferentially Take Up
Phagemid with an Intact Packaging
Signal?
Ampicillin Resistant
Ampicillin
Infection
E. coli
(F’)
Kanamycin
Resistant
Kanamycin
Phagemid is Preferentially Packaged
Compared to Helper Phage
Ampicillin
Litmus28i phagemid
2056 colonies
Kanamycin
Helper Phagemid
8 colonies
Project Aims
•  Demonstrate sequence specific CRISPRCas9 killing
•  Quantify efficiency of helper phagemid
system
•  Determine if packaging signal functions on
pSB1C3 construct
•  Show that CRISPR-Cas9 harboring phage
are programmable, sequence-specific
antimicrobials
Is Packaging Signal Sufficient for
Plasmid Delivery by Phage?
packaging
signal
Part BBa_K1445000
CU-Boulder 2014
E. coli
(F’)
Packaging
Selected on Chloramphenicol
Infect
amilCP
E. coli
(F’)
Packaging Signal is Necessary and
Sufficient for Phagemid Packaging
pSB1C3- packaging signal
Successful packaging
pSB1C3- amilCP
No packaging
Project Aims
•  Demonstrate sequence specific CRISPRCas9 killing
•  Quantify efficiency of helper phagemid
system
•  Determine if packaging signal functions on
pSB1C3 construct
•  Show that CRISPR-Cas9 harboring phage
are programmable, sequence-specific
antimicrobials
Modification of CRISPR-Cas9 BioBrick
to Enable Packaging into Phage
Cas9
packaging
signal
pSB1C3
nontargeting
nontargeting
CRISPR
Part BBa_K1218011
Stanford-Brown 2013
targeting
Part BBa_K1445001
CU-Boulder 2014
add packaging
signal
change gRNA
targeting
CRISPR
Can Targeted CRISPR-Cas9 Kill
When Delivered by Phage?
targeting
E. coli
(kan+,F’)
package into
phage coats
Infect
Selected for infected cells on
Chloramphenicol
nontargeting
E. coli
(kan+,F’)
CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Phage Kills
Bacteria
Non-targeting gRNA
143 colonies
Targeting gRNA
11 colonies
Grown on Chloramphenicol
Project Aims
ü  Demonstrate sequence specific CRISPRCas9 killing
ü  Quantify efficiency of helper phagemid
system
ü  Determine if packaging signal functions on
pSB1C3 construct
ü  Show that CRISPR-Cas9 harboring phage
are programmable, sequence-specific
antimicrobials
Additional Considerations
●  Increase proficiency of phage packaging
●  Accounting for mutation in target
organism
●  Prevent proliferation of antibiotic
resistance
Incorrect Phagemid Packaging
Insertion ensures pure phage product
Additional Considerations
●  Increase proficiency of phage packaging
●  Accounting for mutation in target
organism
●  Prevent proliferation of antibiotic
resistance
Accounting for mutation by target
diversification: Protospacer mutation
block CRISPR-Cas9
Accounting for mutation by target
diversification: Multiple CRISPRs with
unique spacers
Target Genome
Additional Considerations
●  Increase proficiency of phage packaging
●  Accounting for mutation in target
organism
●  Prevent proliferation of antibiotic
resistance
Replace antibiotic resistance as
selectable marker for phage production
Insertion
Excision
trpC gene
trpC gene
Bacterial genome
Ligation
Bacterial genome (ΔtrpC)
Transformation
Phagemids
(trpC+)
trpC auxotroph
Phage
Outreach
Wt+ Resistant
Strain mutant
The End of the Antibiotic Era
Instructors
Team
Robin Dowell
Anushree Chaterjee
Josephina Hendrix
Daren Kraft
Leighla Tayefeh
Kirill Novik
Kendra Shattuck
Joshua Ivie
Rishabh Yadav
Sarah Zimmermann
Alexander Martinez
Julissa Duran-Malle
Justine Wagner
Daniel Garey
Andrea Mariani
Advisors
Tim Read
Samantha O'Hara
Michael Brasino
Alexander Stemm-Wolf
Cloe Pogoda
Joe Rokicki
Lavan Jhandan
Supplementals
Sequencing Phagemids from
Surviving Colonies
Target One Strain in a Mixed
Population
E.coli
KanR
gRNA targets
KanamycinR
E.coli
lacZ
CRISPRCas9
Infection
X-gal and Chloramphenicol
CRISPR-Cas9 Phage Has Benefits
Over Antibiotics and Phage Therapy
Considerations for an antibacterial
Antibiotics
Specific to target cell’s genome?
X
Fast development time?
X
Easy modification to new target?
X
Possible to control dose?
Phage Therapy
X
Low cost of development?
X
No known side effects?
X
CRISPR-Cas9 Phage
Can we Demonstrate CRISPR-Cas9
Mediated Killing of a Bacterial Cell?
TGAGACCAGTCTCGGAAGCTCAAAGGTCTC
GATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAG
GATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAGCGG
Scramble gRNA
Targeting gRNA
Target Sequence
Cas9
endonuclease
guide RNA
Kanamycin
Resistance gene
GATAGAAGGCGATGCGCTGCGAATCGGGAGCGG
target sequence
PAM